Bill Text: IL HB0485 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that no executive branch constitutional officer or member of the General Assembly may make public announcements of any State grant or State funded project of any kind within 60 days before a general election.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0485 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB0485-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 5-20 as follows:
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6 | (5 ILCS 430/5-20)
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7 | Sec. 5-20. Public service announcements; other promotional | ||||||
8 | material.
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9 | (a) Beginning January 1, 2004, no public service | ||||||
10 | announcement or
advertisement that is on behalf of
any State | ||||||
11 | administered program and contains the
proper name, image, or | ||||||
12 | voice of any executive branch constitutional officer
or member | ||||||
13 | of the General Assembly shall be (i) broadcast or aired on | ||||||
14 | radio or
television, (ii)
printed in a commercial newspaper or | ||||||
15 | a commercial magazine, or (iii) displayed on a billboard or | ||||||
16 | electronic message board at any
time.
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17 | (b) The proper name or image of any executive branch | ||||||
18 | constitutional officer
or member of the General Assembly may | ||||||
19 | not appear on any (i)
bumper stickers,
(ii) commercial | ||||||
20 | billboards, (iii) lapel pins or buttons, (iv) magnets, (v)
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21 | stickers, and
(vi) other similar promotional items, that are | ||||||
22 | not in furtherance of the person's official State duties or | ||||||
23 | governmental and public service functions, if
designed,
paid |
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1 | for, prepared, or distributed using public dollars. This | ||||||
2 | subsection does
not apply to stocks of items existing on the | ||||||
3 | effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 93rd General | ||||||
4 | Assembly.
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5 | (b-5) During a period beginning September 1 of the year of | ||||||
6 | a general election and ending the day after the general | ||||||
7 | election, the proper name or image of any officer or member | ||||||
8 | shall not be included in a public announcement on behalf of an | ||||||
9 | officer, member, or State agency related to any contract or | ||||||
10 | grant awarded by a State agency. Nothing in this subsection | ||||||
11 | (b-5) prohibits a State agency from issuing notification of the | ||||||
12 | award or grant of a contract, provided the notification does | ||||||
13 | not include the proper name or image of any officer or member. | ||||||
14 | This subsection (b-5) does not prohibit an officer or member | ||||||
15 | from attending any public or private event associated with the | ||||||
16 | award or grant of contract or from being included on a list of | ||||||
17 | attendees disseminated to the public. | ||||||
18 | (c) This Section does not apply to
communications
funded | ||||||
19 | through expenditures required to be reported under Article 9 of | ||||||
20 | the
Election Code.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 97-13, eff. 6-16-11.)
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